Reds’ boxscore

Reds 6, Astros 1

Cincinnati Houston

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Choo cf 2 1 0 0 Villar ss 3 0 0 0

BPhillips 2b 5 1 1 0 Altuve 2b 4 0 2 0

Votto 1b 4 1 2 0 Crowe lf 4 1 1 0

Bruce rf 4 2 2 2 Wallac dh 4 0 1 0

Ludwick dh 3 0 0 0 MDmn 3b 4 0 0 1

Frazier 3b 4 0 0 0 Carter 1b 4 0 1 0

Cozart ss 4 1 2 4 Corprn c 4 0 1 0

Hanigan c 4 0 0 0 Hoes rf 3 0 1 0

Heisey lf 4 0 0 0 BBarns cf 3 0 0 0

Totals 34 6 7 6 Totals 33 1 7 1

 

Cincinnati 020 220 000 — 6

Houston 000 001 000 — 1

 

E—Villar (12). DP—Cincinnati 1. LOB—Cincinnati 7, Houston 6. 2B—Crowe (7), Carter (23). HR—Cozart (11). SB—Bruce (5).

IP H R ER BB SO

Cincinnati

Cueto W,5-2 5 5 0 0 1 5

Simon 3 2 1 1 0 3

Ondrusek 1 0 0 0 0 0

Houston

Bedard L,4-11 4 4 4 4 2 6

Harrell 5 3 2 2 4 3

Umpires—Home, Wally Bell; First, Marvin Hudson; Second, Tim McClelland; Third, Marty Foster.

T—2:36. A—15,449 (42,060).

 

MLB standings

Major League Baseball

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 89 60 .597 —

Washington 79 70 .530 10

Philadelphia 70 80 .467 19 1/2

New York 67 82 .450 22

Miami 55 95 .367 34 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Pittsburgh 87 63 .580 —

St. Louis 87 63 .580 —

Cincinnati 85 66 .563 2 1/2

Milwaukee 66 83 .443 20 1/2

Chicago 63 87 .420 24

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 86 64 .573 —

Arizona 76 73 .510 9 1/2

San Diego 69 80 .463 16 1/2

San Francisco 69 81 .460 17

Colorado 69 82 .457 17 1/2

Monday’s Games

Philadelphia 12, Miami 2

San Diego 2, Pittsburgh 0

Atlanta at Washington, ppd., local shooting tragedy

Milwaukee 6, Chicago Cubs 1

Cincinnati 6, Houston 1

Colorado 6, St. Louis 2

Arizona 2, L.A. Dodgers 1

Tuesday’s Games

Atlanta (Minor 13-7) at Washington (Haren 9-13), 1:05 p.m., 1st game

Atlanta (F.Garcia 1-1) at Washington (Roark 6-0), 7:05 p.m., 2nd game

Miami (Flynn 0-1) at Philadelphia (Halladay 3-4), 7:05 p.m.

San Diego (Stults 8-13) at Pittsburgh (Locke 10-5), 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Petit 3-0) at N.Y. Mets (Z.Wheeler 7-5), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 8-12) at Milwaukee (Estrada 6-4), 8:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Leake 13-6) at Houston (Lyles 7-7), 8:10 p.m.

St. Louis (J.Kelly 8-4) at Colorado (Nicasio 8-7), 8:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 14-3) at Arizona (Corbin 14-6), 9:40 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Atlanta at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Miami at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

San Diego at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 10:10 p.m.

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American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 92 59 .609 —

Tampa Bay 82 67 .550 9

Baltimore 79 70 .530 12

New York 79 71 .527 12 1/2

Toronto 68 81 .456 23

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 87 63 .580 —

Cleveland 81 69 .540 6

Kansas City 79 71 .527 8

Minnesota 64 85 .430 22 1/2

Chicago 59 91 .393 28

West Division

W L Pct GB

Oakland 88 62 .587 —

Texas 81 68 .544 6 1/2

Los Angeles 73 77 .487 15

Seattle 66 84 .440 22

Houston 51 99 .340 37

Monday’s Games

Detroit 4, Seattle 2

Tampa Bay 6, Texas 2

Cincinnati 6, Houston 1

Kansas City 7, Cleveland 1

Chicago White Sox 12, Minnesota 1

L.A. Angels 12, Oakland 1

Tuesday’s Games

N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 10-9) at Toronto (Dickey 12-12), 7:07 p.m.

Seattle (Maurer 4-8) at Detroit (Ani.Sanchez 14-7), 7:08 p.m.

Baltimore (Feldman 5-4) at Boston (Dempster 8-9), 7:10 p.m.

Texas (Tepesch 4-6) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 11-8), 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Leake 13-6) at Houston (Lyles 7-7), 8:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Kluber 9-5) at Kansas City (Ventura 0-0), 8:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Pelfrey 5-12) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 7-6), 8:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Richards 7-6) at Oakland (Gray 3-3), 10:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Oakland, 3:35 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Seattle at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

Baltimore at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Texas at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

 

Wild Card

Major League Baseball

Wild Card Standings

NATIONAL LEAGUE

W L Pct GB

Pittsburgh 87 63 .580 —

St. Louis 87 63 .580 —

Cincinnati 85 66 .563 —

Washington 79 70 .530 5

AMERICAN LEAGUE

W L Pct GB

Tampa Bay 82 67 .550 —

Texas 81 68 .544 —

Cleveland 81 69 .540 1/2

Baltimore 79 70 .530 2

New York 79 71 .527 2 1/2

Kansas City 79 71 .527 2 1/2

 

MLB leaders

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL LEADERS

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—CJohnson, Atlanta, .330; Cuddyer, Colorado, .329; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, .324; Werth, Washington, .322; MCarpenter, St. Louis, .321; YMolina, St. Louis, .317; Craig, St. Louis, .315.

RUNS—MCarpenter, St. Louis, 116; Choo, CINCINNATI, 102; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 95; Votto, CINCINNATI, 94; Holliday, St. Louis, 91; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 91; JUpton, Atlanta, 90.

RBI—Goldschmidt, Arizona, 116; BPhillips, CINCINNATI, 101; FFreeman, Atlanta, 99; Craig, St. Louis, 97; Bruce, CINCINNATI, 95; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 95; Pence, San Francisco, 92.

HITS—MCarpenter, St. Louis, 185; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 177; Pence, San Francisco, 173; Segura, Milwaukee, 173; DanMurphy, New York, 171; Votto, CINCINNATI, 169; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 166.

DOUBLES—MCarpenter, St. Louis, 51; YMolina, St. Louis, 39; Bruce, CINCINNATI, 38; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 37; GParra, Arizona, 37; Desmond, Washington, 36; Rizzo, Chicago, 36.

TRIPLES—SMarte, Pittsburgh, 10; Segura, Milwaukee, 10; CGomez, Milwaukee, 9; Span, Washington, 9; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 7; Hechavarria, Miami, 7; Venable, San Diego, 7; EYoung, New York, 7.

HOME RUNS—PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 33; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 33; Bruce, CINCINNATI, 29; DBrown, Philadelphia, 27; CGonzalez, Colorado, 26; Pence, San Francisco, 25; JUpton, Atlanta, 25.

STOLEN BASES—Segura, Milwaukee, 44; EYoung, New York, 38; ECabrera, San Diego, 37; CGomez, Milwaukee, 36; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 36; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 27; Pierre, Miami, 22; Revere, Philadelphia, 22.

PITCHING—Zimmermann, Washington, 18-8; JDe La Rosa, Colorado, 16-6; Liriano, Pittsburgh, 16-7; Wainwright, St. Louis, 16-9; Greinke, Los Angeles, 14-3; Latos, CINCINNATI, 14-6; Corbin, Arizona, 14-6; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 14-9; SMiller, St. Louis, 14-9; Medlen, Atlanta, 14-12.

ERA—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 1.94; Fernandez, Miami, 2.19; Harvey, New York, 2.27; Greinke, Los Angeles, 2.74; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 2.83; Corbin, Arizona, 2.92; ClLee, Philadelphia, 2.95.

STRIKEOUTS—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 214; Wainwright, St. Louis, 201; ClLee, Philadelphia, 201; Samardzija, Chicago, 195; HBailey, CINCINNATI, 193; AJBurnett, Pittsburgh, 191; Harvey, New York, 191.

SAVES—Kimbrel, Atlanta, 47; RSoriano, Washington, 41; AChapman, CINCINNATI, 36; Mujica, St. Louis, 36; Romo, San Francisco, 35; Gregg, Chicago, 32; Cishek, Miami, 30; Grilli, Pittsburgh, 30; Street, San Diego, 30.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—MiCabrera, Detroit, .349; Trout, Los Angeles, .331; Mauer, Minnesota, .324; ABeltre, Texas, .318; DOrtiz, Boston, .311; Cano, New York, .310; Nava, Boston, .306.

RUNS—Trout, Los Angeles, 106; MiCabrera, Detroit, 99; CDavis, Baltimore, 99; AJones, Baltimore, 97; AJackson, Detroit, 95; Encarnacion, Toronto, 90; Ellsbury, Boston, 89.

RBI—MiCabrera, Detroit, 133; CDavis, Baltimore, 131; Encarnacion, Toronto, 104; Cano, New York, 103; Fielder, Detroit, 102; AJones, Baltimore, 102; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 98.

HITS—ABeltre, Texas, 184; Machado, Baltimore, 183; Trout, Los Angeles, 183; MiCabrera, Detroit, 181; AJones, Baltimore, 178; Pedroia, Boston, 178; Cano, New York, 174; Hosmer, Kansas City, 174.

DOUBLES—Machado, Baltimore, 50; Lowrie, Oakland, 43; CDavis, Baltimore, 41; Pedroia, Boston, 39; Trout, Los Angeles, 39; AlRamirez, Chicago, 38; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 36; Napoli, Boston, 36; DOrtiz, Boston, 36; Saltalamacchia, Boston, 36.

TRIPLES—Gardner, New York, 10; Trout, Los Angeles, 9; Ellsbury, Boston, 8; Drew, Boston, 6; AGordon, Kansas City, 6; BMiller, Seattle, 6; 5 tied at 5.

HOME RUNS—CDavis, Baltimore, 50; MiCabrera, Detroit, 43; Encarnacion, Toronto, 36; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 34; ADunn, Chicago, 32; AJones, Baltimore, 31; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 29.

STOLEN BASES—Ellsbury, Boston, 52; RDavis, Toronto, 41; Andrus, Texas, 40; Rios, Texas, 37; Altuve, Houston, 35; Trout, Los Angeles, 33; LMartin, Texas, 32.

PITCHING—Scherzer, Detroit, 19-3; CWilson, Los Angeles, 17-6; Tillman, Baltimore, 16-6; Colon, Oakland, 16-6; MMoore, Tampa Bay, 15-3; AniSanchez, Detroit, 14-7; Lester, Boston, 14-8; Griffin, Oakland, 14-9; Masterson, Cleveland, 14-10; Guthrie, Kansas City, 14-11.

ERA—AniSanchez, Detroit, 2.50; Colon, Oakland, 2.73; Darvish, Texas, 2.79; Iwakuma, Seattle, 2.87; Scherzer, Detroit, 2.95; FHernandez, Seattle, 3.01; Sale, Chicago, 3.08.

STRIKEOUTS—Darvish, Texas, 256; Scherzer, Detroit, 227; Sale, Chicago, 214; FHernandez, Seattle, 200; Verlander, Detroit, 189; Masterson, Cleveland, 188; Shields, Kansas City, 184.

SAVES—JiJohnson, Baltimore, 45; MRivera, New York, 43; GHolland, Kansas City, 43; Nathan, Texas, 39; Balfour, Oakland, 38; AReed, Chicago, 37; Rodney, Tampa Bay, 35; Perkins, Minnesota, 35.

 

Bengals’ stats

Pittsburgh 3 7 0 0 — 10

Cincinnati 7 3 7 3 — 20

First Quarter

Pit—FG Suisham 44, 10:42.

Cin—Bernard 7 run (Nugent kick), :57.

Second Quarter

Cin—FG Nugent 41, 13:16.

Pit—Moye 1 pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick), 1:54.

Third Quarter

Cin—Bernard 27 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), 6:08.

Fourth Quarter

Cin—FG Nugent 25, 7:51.

A—64,585.

Pit Cin

First downs 14 22

Total Net Yards 278 407

Rushes-yards 16-44 34-127

Passing 234 280

Punt Returns 2-37 5-27

Kickoff Returns 2-54 1-17

Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-0

Comp-Att-Int 20-37-1 25-45-0

Sacked-Yards Lost 2-17 0-0

Punts 7-46.6 7-46.6

Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0

Penalties-Yards 3-29 9-84

Time of Possession 24:26 35:34

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Pittsburgh, F.Jones 10-37, Roethlisberger 1-6, Redman 3-4, Dwyer 1-2, Cotchery 1-(minus 5). Cincinnati, Green-Ellis 22-75, Bernard 8-38, Dalton 3-10, Sanu 1-4.

PASSING—Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 20-37-1-251. Cincinnati, Dalton 25-45-0-280.

RECEIVING—Pittsburgh, A.Brown 6-57, Sanders 5-78, Cotchery 3-59, Paulson 3-49, Redman 2-7, Moye 1-1. Cincinnati, Gresham 6-66, Green 6-41, Sanu 5-40, Eifert 3-66, M.Jones 3-35, Bernard 1-27, Green-Ellis 1-5.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

 

 

 

NFL standings

National Football League

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

New England 2 0 0 1.000 36 31

Miami 2 0 0 1.000 47 30

Buffalo 1 1 0 .500 45 46

N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 28 30

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Houston 2 0 0 1.000 61 52

Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 41 41

Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 40 39

Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 11 47

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Baltimore 1 1 0 .500 41 55

Cincinnati 1 1 0 .500 41 34

Pittsburgh 0 2 0 .000 19 36

Cleveland 0 2 0 .000 16 37

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Kansas City 2 0 0 1.000 45 18

Denver 2 0 0 1.000 90 50

Oakland 1 1 0 .500 36 30

San Diego 1 1 0 .500 61 61

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Dallas 1 1 0 .500 52 48

Philadelphia 1 1 0 .500 63 60

N.Y. Giants 0 2 0 .000 54 77

Washington 0 2 0 .000 47 71

South

W L T Pct PF PA

New Orleans 2 0 0 1.000 39 31

Atlanta 1 1 0 .500 48 47

Tampa Bay 0 2 0 .000 31 34

Carolina 0 2 0 .000 30 36

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Chicago 2 0 0 1.000 55 51

Detroit 1 1 0 .500 55 49

Green Bay 1 1 0 .500 66 54

Minnesota 0 2 0 .000 54 65

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Seattle 2 0 0 1.000 41 10

St. Louis 1 1 0 .500 51 55

San Francisco 1 1 0 .500 37 57

Arizona 1 1 0 .500 49 48

Thursday’s Game

New England 13, N.Y. Jets 10

Sunday’s Games

Kansas City 17, Dallas 16

Houston 30, Tennessee 24, OT

Green Bay 38, Washington 20

Chicago 31, Minnesota 30

Atlanta 31, St. Louis 24

San Diego 33, Philadelphia 30

Miami 24, Indianapolis 20

Baltimore 14, Cleveland 6

Buffalo 24, Carolina 23

Arizona 25, Detroit 21

New Orleans 16, Tampa Bay 14

Oakland 19, Jacksonville 9

Denver 41, N.Y. Giants 23

Seattle 29, San Francisco 3

Monday’s Game

Cincinnati 20, Pittsburgh 10

Thursday, Sep. 19

Kansas City at Philadelphia, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Sep. 22

San Diego at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Arizona at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at Dallas, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Houston at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Detroit at Washington, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at New England, 1 p.m.

Green Bay at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at Miami, 4:05 p.m.

Indianapolis at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.

Jacksonville at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.

Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 4:25 p.m.

Chicago at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Sep. 23

Oakland at Denver, 8:40 p.m.

 

AP football poll

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 14, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pv

1. Alabama (59) 2-0 1,499 1

2. Oregon (1) 3-0 1,413 2

3. Clemson 2-0 1,347 3

4. Ohio St. 3-0 1,330 4

5. Stanford 2-0 1,241 5

6. LSU 3-0 1,134 8

7. Louisville 3-0 1,092 7

8. Florida St. 2-0 1,058 10

9. Georgia 1-1 1,051 9

10. Texas A&M 2-1 1,001 6

11. Oklahoma St. 3-0 848 12

12. South Carolina 2-1 820 13

13. UCLA 2-0 757 16

14. Oklahoma 3-0 692 14

15. Michigan 3-0 671 11

16. Miami 2-0 653 15

17. Washington 2-0 495 19

18. Northwestern 3-0 486 17

19. Florida 1-1 411 18

20. Baylor 2-0 354 22

21. Mississippi 3-0 299 25

22. Notre Dame 2-1 276 21

23. Arizona St. 2-0 228 NR

24. Wisconsin 2-1 86 20

25. Texas Tech 3-0 60 NR

Others receiving votes: Michigan St. 58, Fresno St. 26, UCF 25, N. Illinois 24, Georgia Tech 17, Nebraska 15, Arizona 11, Auburn 9, Boise St. 4, TCU 3, Virginia Tech 3, Arkansas 2, Navy 1.

 

USA Today poll

The USA Today Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 14, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs

1. Alabama (61) 2-0 1,549 1

2. Oregon (1) 3-0 1,477 2

3. Ohio State 3-0 1,398 3

4. Clemson 2-0 1,331 5

5. Stanford 2-0 1,314 4

6. Louisville 3-0 1,128 7

7. LSU 3-0 1,121 8

8. Florida State 2-0 1,113 9

9. Texas A&M 2-1 1,033 6

10. Georgia 1-1 1,022 10

11. Oklahoma State 3-0 908 11

12. Oklahoma 3-0 839 13

13. South Carolina 2-1 811 14

14. Michigan 3-0 743 12

15. UCLA 2-0 699 17

16. Northwestern 3-0 582 16

17. Miami (Fla.) 2-0 559 18

18. Florida 1-1 398 20

19. Baylor 2-0 375 22

20. Washington 2-0 361 23

21. Notre Dame 2-1 331 21

22. Mississippi 3-0 303 25

23. Arizona State 2-0 176 NR

24. Michigan State 3-0 131 NR

25. Fresno State 2-0 75 NR

Others receiving votes: Nebraska 55; Wisconsin 53; Texas Tech 49; Georgia Tech 37; Arkansas 34; Central Florida 33; Arizona 29; Northern Illinois 26; Auburn 15; Virginia Tech 9; Brigham Young 8; Southern California 7; Kansas State 6; Boise State 5; Utah State 5; Rutgers 2.

 

NASCAR

NASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders

Through Sept. 15

Points

1, Matt Kenseth, 2,063. 2, Kyle Busch, 2,055. 3, Jimmie Johnson, 2,052. 4, Kevin Harvick, 2,048. 5, Carl Edwards, 2,040. 6, Kurt Busch, 2,040. 7, Jeff Gordon, 2,039. 8, Ryan Newman, 2,035. 9, Clint Bowyer, 2,035. 10, Kasey Kahne, 2,032.

11, Greg Biffle, 2,032. 12, Joey Logano, 2,011. 13, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2,010. 14, Brad Keselowski, 758. 15, Jamie McMurray, 747. 16, Paul Menard, 720. 17, Martin Truex Jr., 717. 18, Aric Almirola, 696. 19, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 680. 20, Juan Pablo Montoya, 668.

Money

1, Jimmie Johnson, $7,139,871. 2, Kyle Busch, $5,520,528. 3, Matt Kenseth, $5,336,342. 4, Kevin Harvick, $4,970,424. 5, Brad Keselowski, $4,930,051. 6, Carl Edwards, $4,693,109. 7, Jeff Gordon, $4,489,355. 8, Ryan Newman, $4,458,679. 9, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $4,405,538. 10, Joey Logano, $4,384,825.

11, Martin Truex Jr., $4,309,319. 12, Clint Bowyer, $4,296,509. 13, Kasey Kahne, $4,189,288. 14, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., $4,171,710. 15, Kurt Busch, $4,030,563. 16, Aric Almirola, $3,926,842. 17, Greg Biffle, $3,860,154. 18, Juan Pablo Montoya, $3,811,182. 19, Jamie McMurray, $3,789,808. 20, Tony Stewart, $3,710,624.

 

NASCAR Sprint Cup Winners

1. Matt Kenseth, 6

2. Jimmie Johnson, 4

2. Kyle Busch, 4

4. Kasey Kahne, 2

4. Kevin Harvick, 2

4. Carl Edwards, 2

7. David Ragan, 1

7. Brian Vickers, 1

7. Joey Logano, 1

7. Greg Biffle, 1

7. Ryan Newman, 1

7. Tony Stewart, 1

7. Martin Truex Jr., 1